Bible Covers

Custom Leather Bible Covers are available on brand new or old family Bibles. If your well used Bible is falling apart, have it recovered in durable leather with copper embellishment, or any Custom Design of your choice.

Store bought and mass-produced Bibles consist of ‘Bonded Leather.’ This inferior product is composed of tiny leather particles pressed together, which rips and falls apart easily. I use solid leather, plus 55 lb. tensile strength fabric to reinforce the spine and hinges.

•   I completely remove the old cover from your Bible and construct a brand new hard cover.

•  Decorative Binding Cords are applied to the spine.
  
•  Archival, permanently flexible bookbinding glue reinforces the spine to ensure that it will not crack over time with continued bending (as poor quality or old books often do).
  
•  A Copper Cross is hand cut and sanded. Patina is applied (optional). The Cross is then wired directly through the cover for firm attachment. It rests on 3-dimensional layers of embossed leather for visual appeal and dimension.
  
•  A built-in leather bookmark is attached to the spine.
  
•  Your Bible will be completed with handmade papers for coversheets.
•  Handstitched Headbands are optional. These leather cords are stitched directly onto the spine ends, wrapped with colorful threads. They add extra durability to the spine, protect the edges, and accent the coversheet colors. Add $18 for this option. See Binding Process for more information and photos.
  
•  Some page restoration or rebinding is possible. If needed, price to be determined upon examination of the Bible.
  
• Signature sewn Bibles are most suitable for recovering (where pages are folded in half and sewn together). Bibles composed of single pages just glued together (unsewn) have weak structural integrity. However, if you are attached to your unsewn Bible, I offer a Japanese binding technique to reinforce the internal structure. The stitching will add the binding strength needed to appropriately accommodate a new cover and ensure the book will never fall apart. This option is $50.
  

Standard Copper Cross Bible

The Standard Cross design is $175 on a 5" x 7" Bible Cover.

Custom Bible Covers are also available. Several commissions are seen below. If you have a special cross configuration or other design interests, please contact me to discuss possibilities. Please view Custom Designs to see additional ideas.
Quotes are available for any size Bible or Custom Request.

Custom Celtic Cross
$225

“I want to take this earliest opportunity to express my absolute delight with your restoration and binding of the King James Version of the family Bible. Your work combines a most commendable bookmanlike respect for restoration of traditional (and religious) binding, while your artistry is expressed with an understated, quiet finesse and restraint. This is a truly rare talent. The embroidered headbands are the finest I’ve ever seen, and this includes the hand bookbinding in the U.K. and Ireland, among my collection.”

- Frederick Cross - Overland Park, KS

Custom Celtic Cross on Large Bible
$425

Custom Methodist Cross Leather Bible
$175

Custom Sunflower Bible
$280

Custom Leather Bible with Initials
$175

Custom Copper Vine Bible
$395

Custom Pink Leather Bible with Copper Cross
$245

Celtic Cross Custom Bible with Name
$365

Custom Leather Military Bible with Crest
$305

Custom Palm Tree Bible
$340

Chinese Cherry Blossom Custom Bible
$515

Garden Gate Mini Bible
$295

Bible with Hinged Door
$685

Standard Cross Custom Bible with Name
$325

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